Nitric Acid → 1-Nitro-4-tert-butyl-2,6-dimethylbenzene

HRID 1759453Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1759453 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([C:8]([CH3:11])([CH3:10])[CH3:9])[CH:5]=[C:4]([CH3:12])[CH:3]=1.[N+:13]([O-])([OH:15])=[O:14]>>[N+:13]([C:3]1[C:2]([CH3:1])=[CH:7][C:6]([C:8]([CH3:9])([CH3:11])[CH3:10])=[CH:5][C:4]=1[CH3:12])([O-:15])=[O:14]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 944Nitric AcidHCID 73785-Tert-butyl-m-xylene

Product 1

HCID 2233901-Nitro-4-tert-butyl-2,6-dimethylbenzene

Procedure

contacting the 1,3-dimethyl-5-tertiary-butylbenzene with nitric acid in the presence of a mercuric acetate catalyst at a temperature of from about 0° C. to about 100° C. to form 2-nitro-1,3-dimethyl-5-tertiary-butylbenzene;

Workup

  1. customof from about 0° C. to about 100° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5a01a0e11d5a48799a8de750f6bd3657
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1982_07
Patent number
US04340758

Reaction notes

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